Turquoise

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A blue to blue-green mineral of aluminum and copper, mainly CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O, prized as a gemstone in its polished blue form.
  • n. A light to brilliant bluish green.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
  • n. A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
  • adj. Made of turquoise (the gemstone).
  • adj. Having a pale greenish-blue colour.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface.
  • adj. Having a fine light blue color, like that of choice mineral turquoise.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An opaque blue or greenish-blue precious stone, consisting essentially of a phosphate of aluminium containing a little copper and iron.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a shade of blue tinged with green
  • n. a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate
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    turquois   
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    blueness    blue    mineral    opaque gem   
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    turcois    turkois   
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